Posted on 04/06/2019 11:11:44 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
CNNs Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour identified Haifa in northern Israel as being located in the 'West Bank,' the Jordanian name for Judea and Samaria, in introducing a Palestinian Arab human rights lawyer.
Amanpour made the gaffe on Wednesday during her global affairs interview program on CNN. She introduced human rights lawyer Diana Buttu to respond to an interview with Israels Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon, who discussed the as yet unveiled United States peace plan.
Diana Buttu is a human rights lawyer and she joins me from Haifa, on the West Bank, Amanpour said.
In a segment of the interview posted on the CNN website, the introduction is left off.
The clip of the introduction was tweeted by Hillel Neuer, executive director of the NGO UN Watch. He said in his tweet that Haifa is not on the West Bank. Its in Israel. Where Jews & Arabs live together in harmony.
Haifa, located in northern Israel, is the third largest city in Israel...
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
To have an anti- American news anchor is what CNN is all about. Its deplorable, sickening really, and we never watch CNN because of this
Or maybe she doesnt know where she is. Hard to tell. Amanpour is a rather obtuse dunce and not very articulate.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.